Slipway Poems - Poems about Slipway

...Sing a hymn for Georgie Radford Who used to build ships on the Clyde Watch them launch down the slipway With a worker’s quiet pride. His last job was the giant carrier, The one they put in moth......Read the rest...

... Built in a Belfast shipyard for Shaw Savill ‘n Albion Line. On her flagstaff wind ‘n lee flew the Southern Cross ensign, down a slipway to the sea launched afar by Her Majesty ......Read the rest...

...The Letter A young man strolled along the waterfront, His mind and heart at ease. Said an old man, sitting on an upturned punt, Gazing out towards the sea. “Come sit by me and lend......Read the rest...

...The old Luzzu lies on a slipway beneath the sun’s strong rays In one of Malta’s most beautiful Mediterranean bays An elderly fisherman gasps when he sees the damage on his luzzu boat ......Read the rest...

...Torrid sunshine blisters reign on pavement, that colour coded coffee stain slipway, bearer of insole-laden footwear, open source channel for glib hot air calculus from starchy social climber, sto......Read the rest...

...STORIES IN POTTERY Bluebirds above the azure lakes Burleigh cups - willow pattern trees in gold leaf - Once with mashed Sichuan oolong, And on their side plates, shortbread tiffin, While......Read the rest...

...Effortless strangers along the beach, Hoards of people, so strange to me. Buoyed islands and mast sails that spreading distance of light, Embers on rod trails to grey shadows night. Clock face ......Read the rest...

...The main event I see you lying in the shadows Grime-covered, keel upturned Alongside the very slipway That offers entry to your true element The fulfillment of your created nature. On the hor......Read the rest...

...Mystic Tinklings Mystic tinklings Ancient echoes from the past Fleeting inklings Glimmer just beyond your grasp Phantom footfalls When you know that you’re alone Echoed choircalls O......Read the rest...